330ml brown bottle purchased from Slowbeer in Melbourne. Bottle conditioned, reviewed with the yeast left in the bottle.

Pours a pleasant dark brown with good clarity to it. Head is a bubbly shock of beige that wears itself out pretty quickly, leaving a thin ring and a slight stream of lace. Body is very light. Looks pretty decent.

Pleasant toasty brown notes on the aroma, complemented with a pleasant muted hop fragrance. Raisin toast and weetbix with a green, but slightly earthy note of vegetation and herbs. Very nice.

Taste follows similar lines, with toasty flavours providing the bulk, and the hop flavours just providing a little spice and punctuation. It has an odd savoury character towards the back reminiscent of tamari. The carbonation is a little aggressive, providing a broad, airy character on the back the blocks the later flavours.

Feel is light and relatively clean, but also suffers a tad from the carbonation.

Overall, this is a pretty tasty brown ale. The flavours are pleasant, and well balanced. The carbonation could be toned down a little bit, but otherwise it's a solid package. (1,113 characters)

Pours a deep deep mahogany brown. The one finger head subsides quickly. Very dark overall.

Malts on the nose, malts in the taste.... almost into chocolaty brown sugar sweetness, but very very more-ish. As another reviewer notes, lack of hops means I am slamming it down. Sensational mouth-filling early flavours on this one.

Mouthfeel is lightly carbed, medium bodied.

Overall, a great ale for the first half, then the sweetness catches up. (443 characters)

This brew pours a deep burgundy hue with average carbonation that leaves behind a one finger head and sporadic lacing,the smell is a mixture of aromas of blackcurrant,dark fruits,boiled candy and sweet brown sugar,it has a medium bodied averagely carbonated mouthfeel and has tastes of cherries,brown sugar,dark plums,light toffee and finishes with a blackcurrant bittersweetness and overall not a bad drop and would drink again if offered cheers. (447 characters)

M-- Medium carbonation. Prickly and active in a lot of ways. A lot of sweetness to this. Tastes a lot like a home brew in a lot of ways. Needs a bit more to really excite the palate.

D-- Have had this a few times and think this is generally too sweet for the style. Very drinkable but gets a bit bland. Two would be enough. This is an older bottle and enjoyed the fresher stuff so hard to be real critical. Mostly thought too sweet for me. (928 characters)

Had this last night on-tap at a bar called "Bar None" in Camberwell, Melbourne. Was served in a large tall pint glass, and according to the tasting notes at between 6-8 degrees celsius.

A - Beer poured a dark rich black colour, but still able to be seen through, small amounts of sediment visible. Very impressive, looks like black velvet.

S - Notes of coffee and chocolate in abundance, very appetizing.

T - Chocolate and coffee once again, my nose does not deceive me. Perhaps traces of some sort of cherry flavour.

M - This is where the beer really wins it for me. Perfectly hopped, honestly when I had this I thought it was going to by similar to other American Brown's such as Sierra Nevada Brown Ale, far less hoppy than those and much to my liking. Very nice chocolaty aftertaste, great smoothness.

D - I would quite happily have a few of these that night, but as the place has many other premium local and imported beers on the 125 page drink menu (yikes), decided to try something a bit different.

I would love to try this on-tap at the brewery in Moorabbin to compare.

Love the colour. Must admit I have a weak spot for Newky Brown & love Samuel Smiths, and always try as many Brown Ales as I can. Normally with this one I find I do get a pretty average head which dissipates rather quickly. I get a few nutty notes of the nose which smells great, but not much else. I think it tastes, as others have mentioned, more English than American brown. This is fine by me cause it is a little complex while remaining simple and drinkable. Seriously sessional, I can normally do about 6 or more pints in under two hours. Defiantly in my top 5 Australian beers. (613 characters)

Pours brown with a small head.Aroma shows lots of toasty, nutty and roasted malt as well as some oats. Behind this is some light piney hops. I was expecting more hops for an American brown ale, but this is still enjoyable.Flavours are very similar, but very sweet, with very little bitterness. Again, not very American, more of an English brown.Carbonation is low, which suits the beer well. (394 characters)

enjoyed on tap at mrs. parmas.quite a nice beer this one. since becoming such a big fan of moo brew dark, i thought i was pretty set for a favorite american brown ale. until now.the two beers take different approaches to the style. the moo brew much more hop focused while mr growler here is much more balanced and shows off the merits and variety of the malt flavor.starts off with some hop bitterness which clears the way for several layers of malt sweetness and flavor. light crystal malt sweetness is followed by a darker meatier malt character. pints of this stuff would disappear quickly if it was available near by. such a simple beer you would think, but to pull it off with such complexity and approachability really takes some doing. i also had a taste of 2 brothers voodoo porter which was also very tasty beer. watch out for these guys. (852 characters)

A - Poured into a pint glass a dark brown with a couple of centimetres of off white head that falls fairly fast. Light touch of lacing is left down the glass.S - Sweet milk chocolate is the first noticeable aroma followed by some very light floral and herbal notes & a touch of dark fruit.T - Milk chocolate in the taste as well as a biscuity character and some dark fruit hints.M - Medium bodied, low to medium carbonation.D - Not many brown ales brewed in Australia so it's good to see something like this. A good beer when you want some chocolate maltiness without the heavyness of stout or porter. (605 characters)